EEEEEEEEEHHHHH!!! Finally I managed to get my images to show up on my posts again :D Thank you for your feedback ;)
It's time to post new stuff!

I've shown you the dinosaur finger puppets I made for Lourenço's birthday but those were not the first. Last year, I made a set of puppies to play with my little one :) In the photos you see above, these were my first experience making finger felt puppets :) The patterns are again by Floral Blossom on Etsy.

It's so fun to make toys for my little boy and watch him having fun with these puppets made by me :D The crafts earn an extra special flavor when dedicated to our little ones =)

Starting to feel like a daisy... loves me, loves me not, loves me... hoping this time my images are showing properly! Please, let me know if my Minions decided to finally show their faces on the two previous post ;)

We can see that I haven't been able to keep this little box as active as I wished, can't we? I'm still far from the goal of posting at least once a week... that's part of living in a world with a toddler ;) Nothing follows a plan, every day is an adventure led by Lourenço, he's the one taking me by the hand :D hahahahah

Sometimes I think: how can so many mothers do everything in life just as they used to and still take care of two or even three children ... I only have one! And then I answer my own question: because I don't stop myself from doing anything with him, because I enjoy every moment to play and watch him grow, bacause I don't mind being a bit more late to go somewhere (I'm already late :p) and getting lost inside a hug from those little arms that will grow faster than I imagine =) [Baby hugs are the best in the world!!]

My baby (who is no longer a baby hehehe) grows so fast every day! Soon I will have time again for crafts, blog, email, to take a bubble bath or just have a quiet meal! hahahahahah And I'm sure I will miss this phase, although some days leave me exhausted, it sure fills up my ♥ :)

Thank you for all comments on my previous post and all birthday messages for Lourenço =) He's a little man... yesterday, he put on his daddy's shoes, grabbed the car keys, documents and said 'bye' on the way to the door!!!! :D LOL He's always in the mood to go out :D

I'm up to date on my blogroll, I managed to read your posts and admire the fantastic stitching that arises from your needles!! Longing to make some little crosses too... a bit discouraging when he have little time because cross stitch requires so many hours to make a piece, isn't it? On my next post I'll show you what I've been doing... at a slow pace but crafting ;)
Huge hug to you all!!!

My little man grows every day and grows so fast!! =) It's hard to believe that he is two already... when I see photos, from a few months back, it amazes me to realize the changes! How they change so quickly, right? :)

Monday was the party day, little party at school and little party at home. On the first picture above, homemade yogurt cake to celebrate at school :) The third round is today, with his cousin and uncles. Party and cake, lots of claps and loads of smiles, for a boy who so richly deserves it all :D

Ok, ok, calm down! I won't fill this post with proud mamma's drooling :p hehehe What if I show you some stitches I made for this special day? Gifts for Lourenço's friends at kindergarten, finger felt puppets, more precisely... dinosaurs! :D It had to be ;)

Bought the patterns on Etsy, Floral Blossom store, a pack with 5 models but I chose to make the brontosaurus (yes! I'm learning the names! Lol! The things a mamma does..) because of Aldo ;) I made one finger puppet in normal size (this one with a bit of filling on the head) and reduced the pattern to make the other 20 to fit the fingers of two year old kids heheheh As soon as I made the first, I gave it to Lourenço to try it out... he ran all over the house all happy showing off his dinosaur on his little finger :D I'm not sure if he was happy with the dino or just with the fact that it fits perfectly on his tiny index finger =) LOL The bigger dinosaur was a gift for the teacher at kindergarten ;)

To finish the gifts, I placed each one inside a little bag and made a tag with the help of my Sizzix and Lawn Fawn's stamps :)

In my opinion, it was a simple thing but very original and funny for the little ones :) Ohhh I was soooo pleased with the end result! And extremely happy to have been able to do it all in time :D

February, known to be a small month... it has been quite long over here!

Lourenço has never been a great friend of sleep but with a runny nose is even more difficult for my little boy to sleep :( Also, I have this cough that just won't go away... I've been sleeping to little, very tired and almost without any opportunity for crafts or my blog...

I have some new 'old' things to show you, made since Lourenço was born :) While there was no time to stitch new things, I decided to finish what was already made. A drawer with many stitching pieces which had not yet been transformed into a final something.

I started with this kitten, stitched in 2010, you can see the original post here. I had long promised him a frame matching with my black and white kitchen... promise is a promise ;) Sadly, the photo doesn't show the reality, live and in color, this piece is even more adorable!!

Two weeks without news... you were all thinking that I had lost the rhythm? :p Not at all! Last weekend I ended up not writing anything here because... I was stitching, stitching a lot :D I was able to make a good use of my free time and I got excited to see the progress on my gorjuss girl :) Hair all done, bow and even her arms. I'm happy :)

I took this photo still on my q-snap so the fabric may seem a bit open. Once it's out, the dark color on her hair will blend better ;)

Let's wait to see if I will finish her dress in February... although... These last few days I found out that my little man likes dinosaurs :D I'm tempted to make one amigurumi dino :p ...Will I?

Some of you were surprised to see me stitching another Gorjuss and others were excited with my new start, I would say you were all as happy as I was to see me stitching again :) heheheh

It's true that posting on the blog encourages to stitch more and stitching encourages to post, we want to have progress to share on our blog and we enjoy doing so, don't you agree? A motivation cycle ;) Thank you for your support!

Speaking about support... have you seen Lizzie Kate's releases for this year? Very good start with a saying that I love, so fun and I've used it several times: "Put on your big girl panties... and deal with it!" :D LOL

"Friends are like bras" is also pretty funny! Both jumped into my favorites list :) Opportunity to stitch won't come very soon... perhaps on the second half of the year :p For now, I want to continue with my gorjuss girl and I'll be happy if I finish her in less than 6 months!

I can only take a couple of hours to stitch on the weekend but I'm keeping my pace, my girl is growing :) It looks like the motivation cycle is already doing its effect, isn't it? :D

So many sweet words for Lourenço, when my little man can read, he will blush :D Thank you for the love ♥ Even on these photos, you can see he's a very active and playful boy, right? Believe me, he doesn't let me have a break, he's lucky he's that cute ;)

This week everyone is excited with new stitching starts! Guess what? I have one too! :) It's a girl, another Gorjuss!! :D Well, you have to look right there on the left... skin color mixes up with the fabric :p But there are some stitches, I swear ;) This is the last of my 12 girls! For those of you paying close attention, that's right, two were missing but one was already completed in 2015 ;) I'll show you photos on another post!

Now, I will continue to follow all your starts, I'm enjoying seeing the choices made for all those Crazy Challenges going on :) A couple of years ago, there were 15 starts in the first 15 days of January but that has been taken to a new level! Now there's also 30 starts, or even 366!!! I confess, I was shocked by this one, it seems the road to madness :p LOL 366 starts... sounds like not one single finish and complete insanity!!! But I could be wrong :)

After a year with only two posts on this blog... it's about time I change the header on my little pixie box! Our day-to-day: a toddler that never stops, mommy spends her time running after him and daddy thinks he's the boss ;) LOL

Before moving to Lisbon, we tried to take pictures next to 'our' tree - remember my pregnancy monthly photos? - it was a fun idea but who says toddlers are cooperative when we want? :p Above, the best photos that came out!

No longer a tiny baby, he's a little man, very active and playful, always making a mess :p Everyone says he has daddy's face but has mommy's curls :D